From the desk: FINGERPRINTS OF DEM BUMS
In baseball's sixth ever World Series clash of 1889, the National League New York Giants defeated the American Association champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms six games to three, and an inter-city rivalry was born. While this marked the New York Giants second straight championship victory over the Association, it would be Brooklyn's last campaign as an AA member club. The following season, the Bridegrooms would make their National League debut where they remain to this day. Welcome to "BEFORE the BUMS" my game-by-game rewind of (the city) Brooklyn's historic 1890 season.
Bridegrooms Win Fifth Consecutive Game; Reclaim Share of First Place
Byrne's sluggers are back on top of the standings. With Saturday's victory, the Bridegrooms took their third straight from the Alleghenys and notched their fifth consecutive win. It's their fourth such streak this season. Starter Adonis Terry was on his mark, limiting Pittsburgh to a pair of runs on five hits and three walks to even his record at ten wins and ten losses. Right fielder Oyster Burns delivered home two runs in the first inning. The teams traded runs in the fourth; Terry singled and scored for Brooklyn. After a scoreless fifth and sixth, the Bridegrooms bunched four hits in the seventh, resulting in four runs. Catcher Tom Daly and Bob Caruthers knocked home two runs each, and in the eighth, Oyster Burns brought the crowd of 1,723 to its feet with a two-run home run giving the Bridegrooms a 9-2 final margin of victory and share of first place in the National League. The Bridegrooms and Phillies, defeated by Cincinnati, end the day with identical records.
- FINAL: PITT 2; BKN 9
- RECORD: 56-29 (.569); tied 1st place with Philadelphia Phillies
"Oyster"
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